5. The sex trade and laws: India

So Skewed

How do women find themselves in the sex trade? How does the sex trade run? What is trafficking, actually? What does the law say and what does the law do? This episode 5 tracks the sex trade and laws, in India.
Warning: sexual content, adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.
Credits:
Host: Surabhi Chatterjee
Audio production: Pruthu Parab
Cover Art: Rini Alphonsa Joseph
The intro music is Wake up, Max by Axel Lundström. Other music is from the YouTube audio library and include: Moonlight in Mexico – Jimena Contreras; Piroutte – Asher Fulero; Subharmonic Bliss – Loopop; Vital Whales – Unicorn Heads; Swing House – RKVC; EBB Density and Time; Sunshine on Sand – Unicorn Heads; Bageshri – Aditya Verma
Show notes:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali. "Gangubai Kathiawadi" (Film)
Joe Doezema, “Ouch!: Western Feminists' 'Wounded Attachment' to the 'Third World Prostitute'"
Essays in ‘Prostitution and Beyond: An Analysis of Sex work in India’ by Rohini Sahni, V.Kalyan Shankar, Hemant Apte (Eds.), Sage Publications (2008): Rohini Sahni and V. Kalyan Shankar. 'Markets, Histories and Grass Root Evidence: Economics of Sex Work in India'; Meena Saraswathi Seshu. 'Surfacing Voices from the Underground'; Manoj Wad and Sharayu Jadhav. 'The Legal Framework of Prostitution in India'
Juno Mac and Molly Smith (2018). “Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights”.
Indian Penal Code, 1860; The Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 1956
Prerna Podcast. What is Human Trafficking
Case title: Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal. Criminal Appeal 135/2010; Sangram (VAMPS) statement on the 2022 Supreme Court Order.
Kavita Chowdhury, India’s SC recognises Sex Work as a profession; FP Explainers, SC recognises prostitution as profession: What does this mean for sex workers; Krishnadas Rajagopal. SC recognises sex work as a ‘profession’;
New law to treat sex workers as victims, says Maneka Gandhi ;The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018; Ministry of External Affairs, India. Q & A: What is Human trafficking
Other resources from Sangram (VAMP)

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